The latest issue of the USGS Landsat Project Update is available on the USGS Landsat website. The 2010, Volume 4 Issue 3, includes the following articles: + Landsat 5 Acquisition Plan: Modifications to be Made + Stewart Udall, Grandfather of the [...]

Source: Rob Gutro and Jeffrey G. Olson A team from NASA, the National Park Service, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today marked the 40th anniversary of Earth Day by launching the first of three interactive, educational climate science [...]

On this day in 1999, Landsat 7 was launched into orbit. Landsat 7 is the considered the most accurately calibrated Earth-observing satellite, i.e., its measurements are extremely accurate when compared to the same measurements made on the [...]

Source: The Earth Observer Jeff Masek has been named the NASA Landsat Project Scientist—replacing Darrel Wiliams who recently retired from NASA—he had been serving as Deputy Project Scientist for LDCM since 2002. Masek is a Research Scientist [...]